CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD EDITORIAL WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE UNETHICALLY MADE TO LOOK LIKE A NEWS ARTICLE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Chicago Tribune sides with foreign countries and their citizens against America and its citizens and encourages people a) to come to America, Illinois, Cook County, and Chicago illegally, b) to stay in America, Illinois, Cook County, and Chicago illegally, and c) to bring others to America, Illinois, Cook County, and Chicago illegally. The aforesaid is treasonous.http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-illinois-immigrants-met-20170102-story.html— Estimating the Chicago area’s undocumented immigrant population – Tribune graphics (DIERSEN: How many illegals live in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? According to this article, 511,000 live in Illinois and of that number, 184,000 live in Chicago, 124,000 live in the rest of Cook County, 43,000 live in Kane County, 39,000 live in Lake County, 36,000 live in DuPage County, and 22,000 live in Will County. 89% of the aforesaid are 18 or older. How many of the aforesaid used their false identifications to vote for Clinton and the other Democrat candidates in the November 8, 2016 election?)http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-undocumented-immigrants-gfx-20170103-htmlstory.html— House GOP votes to gut Congress’ independent ethics watchdog (DIERSEN: Republicans and Democrats effectively gutted GAO while I worked for the agency during the 1980s and 1990s.)http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-house-gop-independent-ethics-office-20170102-story.html— Interfaith group celebrates ‘tolerance’ on World Peace Day – David Sharos (DIERSEN: Under the Democrats and under they RINOs, ever-increasingly, America is more and more and more anti-Christian, and especially more and more and more anti-Protestant.)http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-interfaith-prayer-service-naperville-st-0104-20170102-story.html— How will the workplace change under Trump? Here are a few guesses – Alexia Elejalde-Ruizhttp://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-workplace-under-trump-0103-biz-20170103-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: OUTSTANDING: E-Verify. A chief rallying cry of President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign involved limiting immigration to boost employment among native-born Americans, and a position paper outlining how he would do that includes mandating E-Verify nationwide to keep employers from hiring those in the country without legal permission. E-Verify, a system for employers to electronically check a new hire’s identity information against government databases before permitting them to work, has been required of federal contractors and vendors since 2007. Some states require public or private employers to use the system; Illinois does not. Critics of E-Verify raise concerns about privacy, implementation burdens and inaccuracies that keep legal immigrants from working.)

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DuPage County deputy shoots, kills teen near Villa Park – Sara Hooker and Justin Kmitchhttp://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170102/news/170109852/— Brookmans poised to keep 20-year hold on Des Plaines’ 5th Ward – Chacour Koophttp://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170102/news/170109908/— Facebook or Fakebook? – Steven and Cokie Robertshttp://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170103/discuss/170109996/— The money numbers you need to know – AP (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are filled with envy. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that a) I have money because I avoided the draft and because I have always been overpaid and b) that my wife and I have money because we gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents. They are furious that my wife and I converted much of are income into wealth. I assert that all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have spent a far higher percent of their income on “immediate pleasures” than my wife and I have.)http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170102/business/301029908/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. YOUR WEALTH RATIO A wealth ratio is a measure of how effectively you’ve converted your lifetime income into wealth. . .2. YOUR OVERHEAD RATIO How much of your after-tax income is eaten up by basic, must-have expenses? If you’re having trouble making ends meet, calculating your overhead ratio can help explain why. It also can be handy to know when you’re determining if you can afford new loan payments or how much to save in an emergency fund. . .3. YOUR TAX RATES Your tax bracket doesn’t reveal the amount of taxes paid on your total income. Instead, the bracket (also called the marginal tax rate) reflects how much Uncle Sam claimed of the last dollar you earned. If you’re a single filer in the 25 percent federal tax bracket, the first $9,275 of your 2016 taxable income is taxed at the 10 percent rate, the next $28,375 at 15 percent and the amount above $37,650 at 25 percent.)

DNA INFO
— See How Chicago Has Grown Since 1830 — And What It Could Look Like in 2030 – Justin Breen (DIRSEN: How long have you and your ancestors lived in northeast Illinois? During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany. On my father’s side, in 1844, my great great grandfather immigrated to Chicago and worked in a brick factory. In 1854, he homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township. In 1864, he bought 10 acres in northeast Crete and he and my great grandfather began operating Crete’s only hardware store at the northeast intersection of Main and Exchange; tragically, in 1966, the building was torn down and the land sold. In 1902, my great grandfather had the 1285 Main Street built on the aforesaid 10 acres; it is one of Crete’s landmark homes; tragically, it was sold during the 1940s. In 1926, my grandfather had 1286 Wood Street built on the aforesaid 10 acres. Between 1948 and 1954, my father, my mother, and I lived in an apartment above the aforesaid hardware store. In 1954, my father, my mother, my brother, and I moved into the 1286 Wood Street home. My father lived there until he died suddenly in 1969. My mother lived there until she died last year. I lived there until 1972. My bother continues to live there.)https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160317/downtown/see-how-chicago-has-grown-since-1830-what-it-could-look-like-2030— For Growing Number Of Kids Shot In Chicago, The Trauma Never Ends – Kelly Bauer (DIERSEN: How safe was/were the neighborhood(s) that you grew up in? The Crete neighborhoods (Main & Exchange 1948-1954 and the 1200 bock of Wood Street 1954-1972) that I grew up in were very safe. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that to paint me as having been born with a silver spoon in my mouth and as having always been previleged.)https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161230/englewood/children-shot-tacarra-morgan-daliah-goree-ptsd-childhood-trauma-gun-violence

DAILY CALLER
— Julian Assange: Obama Is Trying To ‘Delegitimize’ Trump With Russia Hack Claims – Chuck Ross (DIERSEN: Who in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois focuses on delegitimizing individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and/or countries? I should write a book about the aforesaid delegitimizers in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/02/julian-assange-obama-is-trying-to-delegitimize-trump-with-russia-hack-claims/

FOX NEWS
— The Method in Donald Trump’s Messaging Habits The president-elect appears to have at least three purposes in commenting so freely on matters large and small – Gerald F. Seibhttp://nation.foxnews.com/2017/01/03/method-donald-trumps-messaging-habits— The Luck of The Donald: Trump’s Opponents Have Set Him Up for Some Major Successes – William McGurn (DIERSEN: How lucky are you? Do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes attribute your successes to luck?)http://nation.foxnews.com/2017/01/03/luck-donald-trumps-opponents-have-set-him-some-major-successes
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Everything in life is luck.” The words are attributed to Donald Trump and they continue to make regular appearances in the press notwithstanding that the president-elect long ago declared it fake news. “I never made this ridiculous statement,” he tweeted in 2014, in language that sounds much closer to the spirit of @realDonaldTrump. Even so, it takes nothing away from Mr. Trump’s stunning Nov. 8 victory to note that he enters the Oval Office a very lucky president.)

FOX BUSINESS
— State Tax Refund: When Will You Get Your Money Back in 2017? – Dan Caplingerhttp://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2017/01/02/state-tax-refund-when-will-get-your-money-back-in-2017.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois didn’t start sending out refunds until March 1 during its most recent tax season. Once it did, those who had already e-filed their returns were told to expect to get refunds within two to three weeks. This Illinois tax website Opens a New Window. has answers to frequently asked questions, including a link to the Where’s My Refund tool to track your own personal refund.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Murder and Policing in Chicago As cops retreat under political pressure, homicides rise 57%. – Editorialhttp://www.wsj.com/articles/murder-and-policing-in-chicago-1483402668— The Luck of the Donald Ironically, Trump’s opponents have set him up for some major successes. – WILLIAM MCGURN (DIERSEN: How lucky are you? Do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes attribute your successes to luck?)http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-luck-of-the-donald-1483398472
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Everything in life is luck.” The words are attributed to Donald Trump and they continue to make regular appearances in the press notwithstanding that the president-elect long ago declared it fake news. “I never made this ridiculous statement,” he tweeted in 2014, in language that sounds much closer to the spirit of @realDonaldTrump. Even so, it takes nothing away from Mr. Trump’s stunning Nov. 8 victory to note that he enters the Oval Office a very lucky president.)— The ‘Fight for $15’: Coming to a City Hall Near You The Trump administration should show local officials the research proving that minimum wages cost jobs. – MICHAEL SALTSMAN (DIERSEN: What about $25/hour for jobs that require a high school diploma, $35/hour for jobs that require a bachelor’s degree, $45/hour for jobs that require a master’s degree, $55/hour for jobs that require a professional certification, $65/hour for jobs that require a professional license, etc.?)http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-fight-for-15-coming-to-a-city-hall-near-you-1483398785— Empathy: The Most Overrated Virtue – SHAI HELD (DIERSEN: All my nasty/troubled/failed/vicious critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes crow that they are filled with empathy. They talk and act like they are filled with empathy for those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-most-overrated-virtue-1483398073— FRONT PAGE: The Champions of the 401(k) Lament the Revolution They Started The dominant vehicle for retirement savings has fallen short of its early backers’ rosy expectations; longer life spans, high fees and stock-market declines – TIMOTHY W. MARTIN (DIERSEN: Are you in line to get a pension? Are you getting a pension? Ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use my Civil Service Retirement System pension against me.)http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-champions-of-the-401-k-lament-the-revolution-they-started-1483382348

USA TODAY
— Republican Congress puts priority on targeting regulations – Herb Jackson (DIERSEN: I suggest targeting the Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, pay-for-performance, and early retirement regulations that Democrats in the federal government use to give preference to their employees who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or to younger, that is, that they use to discriminate against their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or older. My Democrat superiors in the federal government used the aforesaid regulations to waste my career and to force me to retire.)http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/02/republican-congress-puts-priority-targeting-regulations-trump/96003180/

THE NATIONAL
— In this special year, we can all give in our own way – Peter Hellyer (DIERSEN: What do you give to others? Since 2000, I have given GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails free of charge and without any advertising to everyone who wants to read them. Since 2004, those emails have gone out each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too. They have contained links to almost 256,700 articles and information on many upcoming events.)http://www.thenational.ae/article/20170102/OPINION/170109852/2340

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.
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